Cookii family had a lot of evolutions since my last gameplay.
The little toddler Ruby transformed from a toddler to a child…
The married couple decided to make a baby… and immediately were successful in getting NiQii Cookii pregnant.
So much has happened — and I’ve only just discovered Steam’s built-in screenshot function (F12). So here are a lot more screenshots that tell the story!
After she was pregnant, there was an option to make her vomit at the toilet.
I didn’t get to take the pregnancy test in time, it was less than a day. And then by clicking on the Zoi there were other menu options for actions with the pregnancy. However it isn’t yet that detailed. I “booked an ultrasound” but it was something offsite, and not yet fleshed out in the game.
What started as a normal evening of Mumma napping near her baby who was suddenly wide awake… Turned into toddler’s transformation into a child!Then I could just make her go to the toilet and use the shower and bathtub. She didn’t need to be trained!I was having fun with the kids styling!
I thought, with the new update, that we were able to have different looks for different occasions. But maybe I did it wrong because what I thought were different hairstyles with the different looks didn’t end up saving?
Meanwhile, these two are still enjoying blissful dates and building on their marriage and wholesome loving relationship.
Their house is so beautiful. I love the scenic views from the game. And my graphics are on minimum settings, my PC is not very advanced at all.
In my last gameplay, I left the “Stragglers” after a bit more of their new career progression — still haven’t gotten any of them promoted yet, but at least we passed the interviews!
Decided to try creating another new family in the city of Dowon, and this time I went with characters I found in Canvas who looked like K-Pop Demon Hunters Saja Boys. I wasn’t very creative with their naming, they were named Abby Saja and Baby Saja. There was only 2 of them, I didn’t get all the characters, and they moved into a three-storey townhouse (also found on Canvas). You should be able to see them all and their creators via my Canvas profile link on the sidebar.
Abby Saja welcoming a new neighbour… Baby Saja starting a freelancing career path, now available with the new update…
I wasn’t sure if placing them in the city of Dowon would have them enter the same city that the “Stragglers” were already set up in, but it turns out — it is a whole new game. Have to turn on cheats and everything again. Have to reset city settings if I wanted to — I didn’t this time. So they just have all the default settings, plus money and immortality cheat. I wasn’t planning to turn on immortality cheat but Baby Saja had a serious eating disorder!
I don’t know if it was a bug in the game, but he was STARVING and every time I tried to click for him to eat any food, he just remained in his agony and didn’t eat any food. Then it turned into a lack of sleep problem too. I thought, “Oh, no, he’s going to die” — so quickly turned on immortality cheat. I was then clicking on his Zoi card and found the “purr” coins options? And I only had enough to immediately resolve his sleep. But I thought, surely this isn’t a design by the game devs to make us buy purr coins to resolve their needs, right? That there’ll be a sudden glitch in a Zoi that can only be solved by purchasing purr coins?
I think my game was just glitching, it didn’t happen with any other Zois, and I just decided to leave the Saja Boys and go back to my original family — NiQii Cookii and her husband and adopted toddler Ruby for a little while.
Ruby baby (toddler) sleeping on her bed that just appears as soon as she falls asleep… NiQii Cookii enjoying watching K-Pop on TV while baby is sleeping!
Anyway, the game was running fine for that family. And I am just catching up with them for their daily tasks and schedules since the April update. Ruby will have her first birthday soon and I’m yet to witness her transform from toddler to small child? And — I’m aware with the new update there’ll be a whole pregnancy storyline to explore, so I do intend to look into that with the Cookii family in my next gameplay, so stay tuned!
It felt so nice coming back to the Cookii family — they are living my dream life. Millionaires on a beautiful island, with a mansion and cleaners and nannies… such a life of luxury!
OH yes, and one thing I did discover while playing Abby Saja — there are rocks or piles of things to “dig” when out and about in town. It was a side quest that — I kind of would like to turn off, it wasn’t that interesting to me. Kinda reminded me of Animal Crossing.
The April update was finally installed and — my mind is now blank, how to weave into a narrative what happened over the past few days of recent gameplay?
First of all, in an unsaved game unravelling, LEE KNOW DIED! — I quickly exited the game without saving and reloaded the last save where he was still alive and implemented the immortality cheat!
Now, what it seems many were looking forward to with the April update was a cheat box? But that didn’t show up with my update. So I still had to type in the cheat code: immortalZoi true
I couldn’t bring myself to continue playing the game with Lee Know Zoi killed off. It was such a shock when it happened as well, he simply “fell over” and I got the pop-up notice that he’s dead! (Imagine my heartache!) — Oh, no, no, no — I did not want that experience in my gameplay. I don’t want him around as a ghost — we can play with that with another family. But not the STRAGGLERS — no. They will not have that. Nobody ages and everyone is immortal in this game. And that’s the way I like it!
Since the new update, Han Quokka Zoi and Hyun Jin Zoi resigned from their previous jobs and joined the newly available careers which had job interviews. Han Quokka went with the MUSIC PRODUCING route, and Hyun Jin went with an ARCHITECTURE FIRM! (Isn’t that so cute! Of course the lore with the Stray Kids member is that he has said he would’ve done interior design if he wasn’t a K-Pop idol?) LOL…
It’s just fun and warms my heart to see them picking up a guitar and practising their music. I haven’t bought them a microphone yet because I didn’t want to go down that route too much — not yet anyway.
Lee Know Zoi also quit whatever he was doing and started a new hair salon business. I had already seen some creators playing with this new career path and it was fun — (also thinking of the Skz Code hair salon episode! LOL)… Oh my goodness, I promise I will start making other Zoi families soon as well. But so far, this family will be called The Stragglers and you can follow them under that category.
Hyun Jin keeps looking for love without much luck whereas Pixie Lixie got himself a girlfriend — but she doesn’t always show up to her dates? — Yes it does seem like a bug. Sometimes she shows up, sometimes she doesn’t. If she is programmed to be at work or something else like that, there isn’t a notification about it.
Han and Lee’s marriage is actually up and down, because there is just SO MUCH going on with four Zois at once, I am finding it hard to schedule some relationship building time between them. Also I sometimes just focus on one Zoi at a time, until they reach the milestone I want them to reach — it’s almost like singular gameplay, and just let the other three do whatever they want autonomously — but it also results in coming back to each of them like, What did I miss? What’s happening? Oh, so many needs!!!
Pixie Lixie, Hyun Jin and Han Quokka chillin on the couchLee Know at his new “Kno-Kno Hair Salon” businessPixie Lixie’s abundance of flowers that he randomly placed on the floor of the apartment which now can’t be moved or deleted?!Everyone loves playing guitar.Another view of Kno-Kno Hair SalonI’m still toggling my graphics quality so just showing the lighting and quality at minimum settingsHan Quokka in his job interviewHyun Jin at his job interviewHyun Jin trying to pick up girls… (keeps failing miserably!)Han Quokka’s new office — music productionHyun Jin’s new office, the architectural firm!Pixie Lixie went to hang out at the tarot reader store and tried to make new friendsHyun Jin is getting better at painting and LOVES IT!Pixie Lixie went on a blind date, tried to date her again, she ghosted him, but this other girl showed up, so he started chatting her up.Pixie Lixie hanging out at night marketsHan Quokka doing overtime from home. MUSIC PRODUCING!
This was more of my gameplay, continuation of “The Stragglers” family before the April update! I was basically just playing and waiting for the update notification.
I renovated their apartment to have multiple showers and urinals for this apartment of FOUR GUYS! — I didn’t bother with enclosed walls and doors. They’re totally fine, they don’t even startle each other, it’s like a locker room.
It was fun to see my Zois getting their career promotions. Eventually Pixie Lixie Zoi wanted to own his own business, so we started a bakery and had fun decorating. He also encountered a fire at the business, which gave him quite a fright!
Pixie Lixie’s employee being completely unaware of a fire starting behind her…
These Zois aren’t having much luck in the dating world, however, it’s been tough trying to get closer to random female Zois and scheduling events, let alone dates.
We have shifted into Winter and everyone got updated winter wardrobes.
So — I’m not sure how many posts I’m going to dedicate to this character family, but currently it is a family of 4 guys who live in the Dowon city world of InZOI.
These Zois, just happen to aesthetically look a lot like particular members of a real world K-Pop group, called Stray Kids.
And currently, the names of these 4 Zois are: Pixie Lixie, Hyun Jin, Han Quokka, and Lee Know.
They are all “young adults” — in my last post I have credited the creators in Canvas who I grabbed these Zoi presets from. (You should also be able to see it in my liked Zois on my Canvas profile).
The city of Dowon is a more unfriendly place in my gameplay, compared to Bliss Bay and Cahaya… Whilst Cahaya settings were SUPER FRIENDLY — I’ve gone the opposite way with Dowon. It is a tougher, urban environment.
Originally, I had tried to set up Hyun Jin Zoi and Lee Know Zoi with criminal intentions! But so far, they’ve only had some minor scuffles and haven’t gone to jail yet… it feels super chaotic trying to control an Evil Zoi. I have surprised myself with my reluctance to make them that mean… sometimes it is funny, other times, I just keep things light-hearted. So they haven’t done that much damage… (yet!)
By the time this post is published, the latest April updates would be available, however, at the time of writing it is just before the latest update — so my recollection of this gameplay doesn’t involve any of those new updates.
Nevertheless, it’s been hella fun.
I don’t even know how to keep writing about it. I feel like I might just leave you with a photo dump of the world and characters and you can piece it all together yourself!
I do want to say though — I really enjoy starting off with a small apartment or small one-storey house for my families. By the next session of play I will probably upgrade these four into a bigger mansion. But to start off with, I like having a small place that the game just gives you anyway. And then re-furnishing it or tweaking some items here and there. (OF course, I still have the money cheat!)
So this session they’ve had to share bathrooms — oh, and the city was set up that things break down often. So the guys are constantly upskilling with their “repairing” skills. Sometimes they are lazy and replace the item straight away — because, hey, they are millionaires! (MONEY CHEAT!!!)
The career paths are just for funsies. And, contrary to the real life inspiration, Pixie Lixie is the unemployed one of this Zoi household. Whilst the other guys go to work, he gets to explore various places in the city.
I’m still practising driving them around in their vehicles with WASD keys… sometimes it feels really embarrassing for me — fortunately I’m not streaming yet! — just how bad I am at using those keys to drive! — But, I will keep practising!
With the chosen careers, it’s been fun making Han Quokka Zoi enter the K-Pop industry but not as a trainee, rather, as STAFF and going to the office and encouraging other trainees (LOL!!!)… Hyun Jin Zoi works at a “deli” — ?! When I first picked that career for him I thought it was a butchers but no, it was more like a small restaurant… lots to do like washing dishes and asking guests how was their meal.
Han Quokka Zoi at the office in a strategy meetingHyun Jin Zoi working at the deli
Lee Know Zoi chose a career in tech (I forgot exactly, was it gaming? IT? Programming?) but there’s nothing to do there yet… it’ll be interesting after the new update to see what has changed with these careers.
With this family I played to the day of the Halloween festival and that was cute… does it make me wish there were Halloween expansion packs? Mmmmm… it’s not on my personal priorities list.
What I really wish for are PETS! However I do agree with other content creators’ commentary that it’s probably going to be a paid pack upgrade or something like that? Because there would just be so much involved with pets, right? Like we would want it to be a really good pack well worth the money.
My wishlist for a pets pack upgrade would be things such as:
Cats, Dogs, Rabbits, Mouse, Guinea Pig, Horses
Birds? Reptiles? (It’s like expansion upon expansion!)
Puppy school for the dogs
Pest control action for the cats — as in, they are getting rid of the insects and rodents. But then it would also involve cockroaches and mice appearing when rubbish is left out for too long?
Lots of affection with the owners, of course…
Sleeping in bed with human, or sleeping in their own dog or cat bed…
Vet check-ups
Preferred foods and personalities
Grooming appointments
Styling — pet wardrobe, pet fashion
Pet store! — as a business owner option too (and the store includes items and grooming services)
Okay — so this post started off being about Stray Kids inspired Zois and ended up going into a Pets expansion pack wishlist. But to tie it all together, would you believe it, of course, true to lore, Lee Know Zoi immediately went to interact with a cat on the street. Which was such an adorable moment, of course I had to take a photo, and that moment leaves me wanting more! More pets in this world please!!!
Let’s just address the K-Pop of it all. I was on Canvas and tried to find Zois that looked like Stray Kids members… I started with a search term “kpop” and that brought me to some K-Pop Demon Hunter options as well as K-pop members from other groups that I didn’t recognise.
Eventually, I don’t remember how, clicking and searching, clicking and searching, I stumbled upon a creator @vchd who made Zois who looked like Hyunjin and Felix. And also a creator @ksyota who made Zois who looked like Han and Lee Know! I even left a comment for her hoping she’ll do all eight members.
A quick snapshot of my liked Zois and houses. You can see them all on my Canvas profile here.
One day I’m going to start a new household with them, for sure… I’m already thinking of making that tattooed Hyunjin-looking Zoi live a life of crime narrative in the game… haha!
So, I moved my family to Cahaya and installed a beautiful new home by @LixyQuinn170 (Rustic Modern Home)… Money-cheated my Zois to become millionaires — and, since the time of writing this draft, I have learned via @FANTAYSIA on YouTube, that a cheat update is coming in the next update! (With the city move, however, I did find that I had to enable cheats again for the new “city” Cahaya).
My Zois started off in Cahaya with new careers. Initially I wanted the wife to get a job as a yoga instructor, however, there wasn’t an environment to play for it. So she quickly gave up her career when they decided to adopt a baby. (For the husband I chose a career to save sea turtles and I really hope we get to play that one day too!)
For their adoption, I didn’t want to start off with a newborn baby — because at the time she still had her yoga instructor career and I just didn’t know how busy she would get. Turns out that was unnecessary worrying because a Nanny just appears when both parents are out of the house. You don’t have to spend money to hire one.
The sweet little moments with the adopted toddler… it warms my heart to see!
With the toddler options, I got a little confused with the naming conventions. So her adoption profile had her name as Ruby, and I was delighted, Oh, nice! Ruby! I’ll adopt her! — and then when I adopted her there was an initial profile where I could change her name. It was already prefilled as “Cookii Ruby” and I thought it was like how Korea uses last name first, then first name? There didn’t seem to be anything indicating which slot was for first name, which was for last name. So I just left it at that. But now as I am playing I am realising, Oh, I seem to have named her Cookii Ruby… I meant to name her Ruby Cookii! (NB: I have since learned through FANTAYSIA’s video that the new update will have the option to change their names in the new cheat interface! So yay! I can change her name!)
I was fine with keeping her name as Ruby, I didn’t want to change her name. And my current family’s last name is Cookii. Anyway, as soon as the new update is available I’m changing those in the new cheat settings.
Toddler has been fun. I like how you can play as the toddler and select things such as “ask to be fed” or click on the parent and ask for hugs. Yes there is a Nanny automatically if both parents are out of the house plus there are also Nanny services you can hire in Pocket Market — however, you can’t yet set up a recurring service? (Probably others have already mentioned this in the forums — I would imagine this is something we all want!)
Here is my Zoi sitting down having a chat with the Nanny and cleaner after I told her to greet them warmly, and then they went off to do their tasks after this little chat!
I would love to be able to set up a recurring schedule for my current cleaner and Nanny. Because my Zois are millionaires, it’s fun to give them that bougie life.
There’s still so much to explore. I haven’t even had time for my family to go stay a night at the resort in Cahaya, or visit many of the city’s spots. They haven’t even had time or energy for a date night without the baby! The husband asked and the wife denied! (Ugh-oh!)
Meanwhile, with friendships on the island — I tweaked my city settings to make them all extremely friendly. I was getting tired of how many conversations a Zoi would have to have before asking to “Add Contacts” — I felt it was easier to make the island very friendly and they just chat a bit and the other Zois are happy to add each other as contacts. I figured in this idyllic island getaway everyone is happy and friendly. Crime was also minimised. I will probably change those settings for another city. But currently in my game Cahaya is the blissful place. Probably even more blissful than Bliss Bay.
(And, yes — I gave them whole new wardrobe sets! Really enjoyed the Cahaya presets. I love the look of the tropical island life!)
My husband Zoi doing yoga with the instructor at Asana Yoga!
I LOVED making my Zois do yoga. Because I’ve done plenty of yoga in real life! I was like, okay go for it, warrior pose, etc, etc. I found that the husband had more pose options than the wife, so it must be associated to their gym level? (He trains a lot more than her!)
I was really hoping with the yoga instructor career they had tasks such as:
Place out yoga mats
Select music for class
Give yoga block (maybe to Zois who are seniors or pregnant, to support them with modifications)
Support other Zoi (if they are struggling!)
Give words of encouragement
Wipe down yoga mats (when class has ended!)
Read more books on yoga (when at home working on career)
Video call with yoga mentor
Meditate (at home, to increase skill)
I just think that will make it more interesting. And the environment is already there? They can do yoga at Asana Yoga in their free time but they don’t have these kinds of options in the yoga instructor career yet. And it doesn’t show yet when they actually go to work.
Anyway, that’s all that I can remember about my last gameplay for now. I’ve completely abandoned Sims4… woah… this blog was intended for a variety of games but I’m currently in my InZOI era!
In my last game play I discovered that Zois can end up “sleep walking” except — she just suddenly got up, out of bed, and there was an icon that she was “drowsy” — she looked like she was sleep-walking. She walked all the way to her computer and starting using it in the “drowsy” state — I tried to tell her to go back to bed, and I got the message that you can’t interfere with drowsy Zois! So all I could do was fast forward the time and watch her unconsciously using her computer all night!
It was mildly amusing. I’m not mad at it.
Meanwhile, I’m still exploring date venues with this married couple, and they had a movie date.
I could get them both to watch a movie together. I chose a rom com for them. There were other options.
But the cinema foyer itself wasn’t a great environment for a romantic date.
I don’t know if I should create more Zois and have them adopt this business so then I can edit the venue and put in more lounge chairs, and bar stools.
They were getting hungry and there was only a popcorn machine. And, strangely enough, there were computer stations at the cinemas… which they ended up using as well but it wasn’t very sexy for a date!
Also — toilets are gendered in public spaces…?
I discovered this whilst my Zoi was in her flower shop. If I clicked on the male toilet, she refused to go. So then I changed the colours of her toilets in that shop just so I could see clearer, which toilets were male or female.
I don’t really remember what else happened in my last game play… but I have now since installed the “AMD graphics driver” — ?! So will be continuing on with that and see if it makes any difference. Just used the default settings, not sure if it will make a big difference though.
Apologies, I’m still using Sims language even though I’m actually talking about InZOI. As a long time Sims player I can’t help but refer to this action as a Woohoo!
So, my Zois did the deed… but it was referred to as “set the mood beside bed” — ?
There was a big fuzzy love heart and that’s all you get.
I’ve seen some criticisms of this by other commentators but I personally don’t have a problem with it.
Would it be something that perhaps InZOI introduces as a paid add-on later on? I suppose that would make more sense? If they wanted to charge money for an R-rated graphics experience? (LOL)…
I don’t have kids myself in real life but I would imagine as a parent I would feel more comfortable if the base game wasn’t that graphic.
I haven’t tried making my Zois have babies yet — but I have read that it is a different function… tbc…
Yesterday I had a leisurely full day of game play. I’d say around 6 to 8 hours? I can’t remember for sure. Give or take time out in real life having meals away from the computer and spending time with my real family.
From watching some YouTube tutorials, I accustomed myself to the Canvas… marketplace? Is it a marketplace? Anyway, Canvas — where creators are sharing presets and house builds. I saved some gorgeous mansions, although my current Zois are not moving in just yet. That’s for later on. I’m still not bored of their current one storey home that I began with.
One thing with cars — I downloaded what I thought was a Ferrari, but in fact it was a toy model, not a functioning car for game play.
I did play around with vehicles for my Zois. The husband got a scooter and the wife got a Hyundai — interesting that was the only brand of car displayed. The other options were generic. Of course I would love it if the developers did more upgrades to actual working vehicles that the Zois could have. Ferrari would’ve been great. Any other luxury brands — I’m here to have a fantasy with the money cheat!
In terms of work, I played the amusement park tasks for my husband Zoi, and the wife Zoi started off in the surf shop. Later on, she wanted to start her own business. I don’t remember her settings as having an entrepreneurial spirit but I went along with it and got her a flower shop.
I did download a flower shop preset from Canvas, but for some reason it didn’t fit the area of the pre-existing flower shop 10 x 15? And then when I tried to place it on a bigger lot of another business, it didn’t come with walls? I don’t know if the problem is just my computer as I’m still getting pop-up warnings when I start the game. There’s some graphics extensions I haven’t downloaded yet? I’m not sure, I haven’t figure all that out and I’ll get into it later on.
For yesterday’s game play, I wasn’t bored at all. My Zois had an upgraded bathroom, some other interior furnishings — oh, the RAMEN machine. That is what I love about a simulation game from Korea, you’re going to get a RAMEN machine. I really loved that machine and constantly made my Zois go get ramen (because that is me in real life as well, yes!).
Anyhoo, my married couple also went on a couple of dates. The first one went really well. The second was just “okay” — they don’t have a great time when they start feeling hungry and other needs aren’t satisfied on the date. It’s hard to get them to simultaneously love on each other as well as feed themself at the same time. The game doesn’t seem to be able to get them to eat and connect at the same time, it’s either or at the moment. (And yes, of course, Sims4 players will be used to it being simultaneous).
My married Zois on their second date a cafe
I feel like there is so much more in the InZOI world to explore, and I don’t always have a totally free day in real life to sit down for hours at my computer and play games these days. So I am thoroughly enjoying this game as a past time. I don’t know why there were some other criticisms from players online but so far my experience has been overall positive and I’m gonna keep playing and enjoying exploring.
I curiously do want to set up a “family” with 8 members of Stray Kids — it’s my dream! But I’m waiting for someone else to upload presets of characters that seemlessly reflect all eight members before I start that game. How fun would it be if InZOI had character presets of famous celebrities and idols? I know there are some creators out there, I will try to link them if I come across their content again.
I’ve also uploaded my Zoi “NiQii Cookii” and some furniture presets onto my Canvas profile.
Yesterday I downloaded the early access InZOI game for PC via Steam.
It had some pop-up warnings, my computer is possibly not powerful enough and I might need to upgrade some graphics cards later on down the track — but it still ran good enough and I could play whilst ignoring some of the warnings.
I created a married couple both wearing traditional Korean hanboks just for funsies. And their home is decorated with a mix of modern and traditional decor.
After moving in, my first concern was the money.
(And, by the way, Sims player since the beginning of time — I’m very used to Sims, and all its keyboard controls and navigation, especially the Sims 4 ecosystem).
Anyway, money cheat:
First — enable cheats — it will give you a warning — enable anyway.
Then, crtl + shift + c
Then, AddMoney (whatever amount you want)
eg. AddMoney 500000
That was plenty for my Zois to start with.
There was a lot of real life stuff going on in the background of my game play which I won’t get into but in between the downloading, character creations, waiting for it to load — somehow, my Zois moved into a decent sized small house, initially. And I started re-furnishing it with their instant 500,000 meow.
It took quite a bit of getting used to — actually, I’m still not used to it.
It was only my first attempt.
I’ll try to capture more of the design options in my next post.
But there are an assortment of furniture selections and swatches and it’s relatively intuitive — however — still some navigation and editing functions that are different to the Sims. And for long-time Sims players it’s like, “Wait — my brain is learning something different!” — This isn’t the Sims.
I kept wanting to rotate my views with < and > instead, with InZOI, simply left and right arrow keys. Small adjustments like that. It doesn’t seem like a big deal — yet my muscle memory is there for the Sims controls!
I don’t know if it’s just my computer’s graphics but there are times when I could get lost in it as if I was still playing Sims. But some big differences are where you can follow the Zoi out of the house as they wander around the city.
For some reason, my Zois had some time on their calendars to go visit a beach, and they went there and tried to make some friends. I learned from watching Fantaysia on YouTube that you can make them “Add Contact” and that keeps the new Zois they meet in their contacts. It’s like making friends or acquaintances.
I did get both my Zois jobs by opening their phones, clicking on Careers — and it was fun to read the blurbs about each possible job. Perhaps I will go into it more another day. But it was fun for a first time play. Just clicking around and letting my Zois be relatively autonomous.
Anyway, I just had enough time to spend one day with them in their world. Will keep up to date with other experiences as I play.
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